For Bionic the problem also seems to fixed in systemd=237-3ubuntu10.40~next20200212b1 foo and bar service files are exactly the same as in #8 Restart fails with systemd=237-3ubuntu10.38: pono@systemd-bionic-test:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS" pono@systemd-bionic-test:~$ dpkg -l systemd | tail -n 1 ii systemd 237-3ubuntu10.38 amd64 system and service manager pono@systemd-bionic-test:~$ sudo systemctl status foo bar ● foo.service Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/foo.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Mon 2020-02-17 08:29:49 UTC; 7s ago Main PID: 11403 (sleep) Tasks: 1 (limit: 1129) CGroup: /system.slice/foo.service └─11403 /bin/sleep infinity Feb 17 08:29:49 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: Started foo.service. ● bar.service Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/bar.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Mon 2020-02-17 08:29:49 UTC; 7s ago Main PID: 11404 (sleep) Tasks: 1 (limit: 1129) CGroup: /system.slice/bar.service └─11404 /bin/sleep infinity Feb 17 08:29:49 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: Started bar.service. pono@systemd-bionic-test:~$ sudo kill -6 11403 pono@systemd-bionic-test:~$ sudo systemctl status foo bar ● foo.service Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/foo.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: signal) since Mon 2020-02-17 08:30:23 UTC; 3s ago Process: 11403 ExecStart=/bin/sleep infinity (code=killed, signal=ABRT) Main PID: 11403 (code=killed, signal=ABRT) Feb 17 08:30:23 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: foo.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=6/ABRT Feb 17 08:30:23 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: foo.service: Failed with result 'signal'. Feb 17 08:30:23 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: foo.service: Service has no hold-off time, scheduling restart. Feb 17 08:30:23 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: foo.service: Failed to schedule restart job: Transaction is destructive. Feb 17 08:30:23 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: foo.service: Failed with result 'signal'. ● bar.service Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/bar.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead) since Mon 2020-02-17 08:30:23 UTC; 3s ago Process: 11404 ExecStart=/bin/sleep infinity (code=killed, signal=TERM) Main PID: 11404 (code=killed, signal=TERM) Feb 17 08:29:49 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: Started bar.service. Feb 17 08:30:23 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: Stopping bar.service... Feb 17 08:30:23 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: Stopped bar.service. Restart works fine with 237-3ubuntu10.40~next20200212b1: pono@systemd-bionic-test:~$ sudo apt install systemd=237-3ubuntu10.40~next20200212b1 <...> pono@systemd-bionic-test:~$ sudo systemctl daemon-reexec pono@systemd-bionic-test:~$ sudo systemctl status foo bar ● foo.service Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/foo.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Mon 2020-02-17 08:31:41 UTC; 11min ago Main PID: 11752 (sleep) Tasks: 1 (limit: 1129) CGroup: /system.slice/foo.service └─11752 /bin/sleep infinity Feb 17 08:31:41 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: Started foo.service. ● bar.service Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/bar.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Mon 2020-02-17 08:31:41 UTC; 11min ago Main PID: 11753 (sleep) Tasks: 1 (limit: 1129) CGroup: /system.slice/bar.service └─11753 /bin/sleep infinity Feb 17 08:31:41 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: Started bar.service. pono@systemd-bionic-test:~$ sudo kill -6 11752 pono@systemd-bionic-test:~$ sudo systemctl status foo bar ● foo.service Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/foo.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Mon 2020-02-17 08:42:56 UTC; 2s ago Main PID: 12856 (sleep) Tasks: 1 (limit: 1129) CGroup: /system.slice/foo.service └─12856 /bin/sleep infinity Feb 17 08:42:56 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: Started foo.service. ● bar.service Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/bar.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Mon 2020-02-17 08:42:56 UTC; 2s ago Main PID: 12857 (sleep) Tasks: 1 (limit: 1129) CGroup: /system.slice/bar.service └─12857 /bin/sleep infinity Feb 17 08:42:56 systemd-bionic-test systemd[1]: Started bar.service.